| | Ful pryuely synne I hadde a wyf | |
| | Preyse who so wol a weddid mannys lyf | |
| | Certeyn I fynde it but cost and care | |
| | And obseruauncis of alle blissis bare | |
| 305 | And yet god woot myn neyghebours aboute | |
| | And namely of wommen meny a route | |
| | Sayn that I haue the muste stedfast wyf | |
| | And eek the mekest one that berith lyf | |
| | But I woot best where wringith me my sho | |
| 310 | Ye may for me right as ye like do | |
| | Auisith you ye be a man of age | |
| | How that ye entren in to mariage | |
| | And namely with a yong wyf & a feir | |
| | Be hym that made watir erthe and heir | |
| 315 | The yongest man that is in al this route | |
| | Is besy ynough to brynge it aboute | |
| | To haue a wyf alone but trusteth me | |
| | Ye shul not plesen hire only yeris thre | |
| | This is to sayn to do hir plesaunce | |
| 320 | A wyf axeth ful meny an obseruaunce | |
| | I pray you that ye be not euyl apayd | |
| | Well quod this Ianuary hast thou sayd | |
| | Straw for thy senek and for thy prouerbis | |
| | I counte not a paner ful of herbis | |
| 325 | Of scole termes wyser men than thow | |
| | As thou hast herd hath sentid right now | |
| | To my purpos Placebo what sey ye | |
| | I sey it is a cursid man quod he | |
| | That lettith matrimony sikirly | |
